suggested books

This is a short list of books that I strongly recommend. I tried to keep the focus on the abduction lore, but there are few outlying subjects too. There're a lots more out there that should probably get added, and I suspect I'll continue to add to this list. I have read all these books and they are listed in no particular order.

These three books make up a trilogy that totally blew my mind when I read them back to back to back in the early 90's. Each are amazing, and collectively they changed the way I view the overall phenomenon.
___________________________________________________________Whitley Strieber

The Key: A True Encounter

Communion: A True Story

Solving the Communion Enigma: What Is To Come

The Communion LettersWhitley gets a lot of grief within this insulated little "community" of UFO weirdos. Say what you will, but this guy works hard to keep the discussion at a very high level.
___________________________________________________________Budd Hopkins

This is a follow up to Budd Hopkins' book INTRUDERS, written by the women who experienced the direct events covered in that book. A fascinating companion.
___________________________________________________________Marc Davenport

Visitors From Time: The Secret of the UFOs
___________________________________________________________Michelle LaVigne-Wedel and Paul Wedel

The Alien Abduction Survival Guide: How to Cope with Your ET Experience

The Alien Abduction Reference Guide: 100 Alien Encounters Explored

These are probably favorite two books in this list. They are simple and straightforward. They come from a heart felt place, and they haven't been picked thru by any editor. Fascinating stuff.
___________________________________________________________Mac Tonnies

The Cryptoterrestrials: A Meditation on Indigenous Humanoids and the Aliens Among Us
___________________________________________________________Nick Redfern

FINAL EVENTS and the Secret Government Group on Demonic UFOs and the Afterlife
___________________________________________________________Dr. Karla Turner

Into the Fringe: A true story of alien abductionTaken: Inside the alien human abduction agendaMasquerade of Angeles:
___________________________________________________________Raymond E. Fowler

The Allagash Abductions: Undeniable Evidence of Alien Intervention

The Andreasson Affair: The Documented Investigation of a Woman's Abduction Aboard a UFO(there are four more books in the Betty Andreasson series, all are recommended)
___________________________________________________________C. D. B. Bryan

Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: A Reporter's Notebook on Alien Abduction, UFOs, and the Conference at M.I.T.
___________________________________________________________John E. Mack

3 comments:

Mike, have you read Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallee? It's a hard book to find for less than $40, but must be a good read. Graham Hancock expanded on the ideas there in his book Supernatural, which I recommend. The convergence of shamanic journeys, psychedelic trips, UFOs, elves and fairies of folklore is a compelling argument for a broader view of these phenomena.

Oh my! It seems you've forgotten one of the best books on the subject. (The best I've read...and I have read a lot.) Take note, ye curious folk! It takes a perspective similar to Jacques Vallee's, a thesis that is non-extraterrestrial, and is especially amazing because the writer (already mentioned in the above list) was no "armchair researcher." Many anecdotes he shares involve him directly or were told to him directly by those who experienced it.

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first-person blogs from CONTACTEES

There is something happening, there are a LOT of people who claim the abduction phenomenon, or UFO contact, who are sharing their first person experiences on-line.

Mac Tonnies talks about my blog:

...a fascinating new blog delving into his experiences with strangeness and synchronicity. Mike's humility and painterly attention to detail are decided assets in a world where the very term "paranormal" has become associated with excessive credulity.

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Events can be hard to recall. Especially when these memories seem to stretch my psyche in ways that can be distressing. If these memories and events are just tiny clues, what do they point to?

I feel strongly that something is going on. But what that might be, seems beyond my ability to solve.

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2009

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